Pencil-holder.



II/I. A. WALDEN.

PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I, 1917. 1,227,099. Patented May 22,1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS A. WALDEN,'0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AsSIGNon or oran-HAM1 fro (MRS.) D. M. BRUNKHORST, OF

SAN FRANCISCO,` CALIFORNIA.

PENCIL-HOLDER.y

y ySpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22,1917.

Appiieation inea February 1, 1917. serial No, 146,008.

cils can easily extract any pencil desired Y' and-replace the same. It is especially desirable for persons whol use pencils of different colors for making different distinguishing marks on packagesor other articles.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure. 1V

is a broken front view showing my improved device in use; Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the device; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 4 is an end view of the same;

Fig. 5 is a still more enlarged vertical sec-V tion of the same on the linev 5-5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a planrview of aV rubber sheet detached. Y Y i Referring to the drawing, l indicates. anupper member, and 2 aV lower member of my improved pencil holder. vSaid Ymembers, areV formed with flanges 3, 4, respectively, which `are 'placed in'close' proximity `to each other, and between them a sheet of soft rubber,"

is secured-byl means ofgnuts '7 and bolts 8,Y passin through 'said .flangesandv sheet. Said angesY` are" formed with series, eachV corresponding in number with vthat of the pencils which it is 'desired tov carry, ,here

shown as four, ofgregistering circular holes Vsheet between; the holderi members,

9, and the rubber strip 6 is formed with a like number of smaller circular holes 10,

which, when the'strip is secured in place, are

located centrally of the respective larger holes 9. The smaller holes 10 are of a diameter just suficiently large to enable a pencil to be inserted therethrough with a moderate amount of force,fso that the pencil is held firmly in position against accidental displacment,`but can be easily removed when n suiiicient force is applied.

The upper member l tapers upwardly and is formed with aloop or eye l1, in which is secured a safety pin 12 the pointed member 13 of the safety pin being free, Vand being adapted to 4be passed through the cloth 14. of a waistcoat immediately labove a pocket 15, in which the main body of thev pencil holdervis concealed. l

" The mode of use and advantages of the device will be apparent from the foregoing de- Y scription. f i

I claim A pencil holder comprising a piece of soft rubber having therein a series of holes sufliciently large to receive a pencil therethrough land sufficientlyY small to retain the pencil therein, holder' members of comparative` rigid material'extending on opposite sides of f the sheet of'rubbery and each having ltherein Va correspondingvseries tof larger holes Aregistering with each other andy with the holes in the rubber, means forv clamping the rubber and mea-ns for attaching the holder to a garment of the user.V 'Y i Copies of this patent magyfb'e obtained Vferfve4v cents each, by addressingA the Commissioner of Patents,

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